Elaine,
I have a situation in Strawberries where we will be
using AACT and other materials to restore the food web.
About 50 tonne per ha foul manure (including saw
dust) plus super phos and other chemical ferts have been used as well as lime
and other inputs preplant it was then gassed (methyl bromide). Plastic layed and
planted.
Full soil food web analysis has been done and I am
waiting for the results.
I expect the results to come back showing a lack in
the fungal biomass as well as bacterial.
We will be using Molasses, humic acid and AACT
to restore the web.
Am I right in saying that the soil must go through
succession that is, it must first become bacterial dominated before it can then progress
to fungal dominated?
Thus using sufficient rates of molasses to cause a
large increase in Beneficial bacteria and then using humic acid as well as
molasses to continue the succesion towards fungal dominated (always using AACT
as the inoculant) Is this the way to go??.
I note that in the past we have said that Molasses
grows bacteria not fungi however we now know that Molasses will also grow great
fungi in higher concentrations. I have seen this in compost will the same thing
happen in the soil??
Molasses is a great product to use in drip lines
(compared to other organic products eg fish) and is reasonably priced hence
my interest in it.
We will test the food web later in the season
to see what changes have occured so it will be interesting.
Regards Mike Harvey
New LIfe Soils www.composttea.com.au
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